Smart Carts

Amazon Licenses Just Walk Out Tech in Battle for Grocery Stores’ Loyalty
Amazon Licenses Just Walk Out Tech in Battle for Grocery Stores’ Loyalty
April 17, 2024  |  Amazon

Amazon is pushing sales of its Just Walk Out technology even as it pulls back on the checkout system in its own grocery stores, a...

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Amazon and Walmart Rethink Self-Checkout to Manage Costs
Amazon and Walmart Rethink Self-Checkout to Manage Costs
April 05, 2024  |  Retail

As retailers look to find the right combination of technology and human labor to boost their profit margins, Amazon and Walmart have both made changes to how they approach...

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Amazon Fresh to Replace ‘Just Walk Out’ With Smart Carts
Amazon Fresh to Replace ‘Just Walk Out’ With Smart Carts
April 02, 2024  |  Amazon

As it redesigns its Amazon Fresh stores, Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out technology. That technology will be replaced by the company’s smart shopping...

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Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower Theft
Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower Theft
March 26, 2024  |  Retail

Across continents, more retailers are adopting smart carts to lower their labor costs without driving up shrink. Instacart and Associated Wholesale Growers (AWG) shared Monday (March 25) that...

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Half of Grocers Investing in Gaining Omnichannel View of Shoppers
Half of Grocers Investing in Gaining Omnichannel View of Shoppers
January 23, 2024  |  Retail

As grocers look to better understand their shoppers’ behavior, a PYMNTS Intelligence report finds that half are investing in the ability to track customer habits...

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Instacart Brings Digital Marketing to Brick-and-Mortar as CPG Ads Get Smarter
Instacart Brings Digital Marketing to Brick-and-Mortar as CPG Ads Get Smarter
January 08, 2024  |  Retail

With grocery brands looking for more personalized, targeted ways to reach shoppers, Instacart is enabling in-store digital marketing with smart cart advertising. The grocery aggregator...

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Smart Carts Expand Even as Shoppers Demand More Traditional Self-Checkout
Smart Carts Expand Even as Shoppers Demand More Traditional Self-Checkout
November 14, 2023  |  Retail

Smart shopping carts are expanding to more grocery chains, even as those that try to rely solely on the technology for self-checkout are finding that...

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Instacart Expands Smart Cart Program Via Geissler’s Partnership
Instacart Expands Smart Cart Program Via Geissler’s Partnership
November 02, 2023  |  Retail

Instacart is expanding its AI-powered smart cart program through a new partnership with Geissler’s Supermarkets. The collaboration, announced in a news release provided to PYMNTS Thursday (Nov....

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Schnucks Taps Instacart’s Smart Carts as Self-Service Expands
Schnucks Taps Instacart’s Smart Carts as Self-Service Expands
July 19, 2023  |  Technology

As grocers look to meet consumers’ demand for self-service options — and cut their labor costs in the process — Schnucks is gearing up to...

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